Bend over America, here it comes: SSSCA introduced into US Senate, after being renamed to the "Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act". This exceedingly nasty bill will mandate copy-denial systems in all electronic devices (including your PC), and make it a federal crime to circumvent said systems; or, essentially, herding consumers where they may be more easily harvested by the content corporations, their own rights be damned. Needless to say, this poses a threat to the legality of open-source operating systems and commodity hardware. The House of Representatives hasn't yet introduced a similar bill, though it shouldn't be ruled out. If you're in the US, now is a good time to write to your Senator and tell them why the bill is a very bad idea.

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